DR Congo's electricity generation rose from 5.9 in 2000 to 15.9 in 2024.
DR Congo's primary energy consumption rose from 16.3 in 1994 to 40.5 in 2023.
DR Congo · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
172nd of 194 · 27th in Sub-Saharan Africa
DR Congo's electricity consumption per capita rose from 117.6 kWh in 2000 to 145.7 kWh in 2024.
DR Congo's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 2.5 in 2024.
DR Congo's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
DR Congo's hydropower electricity generation rose from 5.9 in 2000 to 13.4 in 2024.
DR Congo's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1995 and 0 in 2024.
DR Congo's energy use per capita rose from 382 kWh in 1994 to 382.5 kWh in 2023.
DR Congo's renewable energy rose from 95.9 % in 1992 to 96.3 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −1.7 pts14th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.7 pts21st of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsup +1.1 pts89th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.1 pts42nd of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +13.1 %9th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +2.9 %7th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +0.4 pts209th of 215
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- Oil productionup +0.3 %69th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +19.2 %65th of 204*